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Ammunition Supply Center West Wulfen

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Ammunition Supply Center West Wulfen

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Location: Dorsten, Kreis Recklinghausen, Ruhr Region, Münster District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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1. Wienbach in Wulfen – Gateway to Emmelkämper Mark loop from Hervest-Dorsten

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April 13, 2023

The Wulfen army ammunition plant is a former Wehrmacht ammunition plant between the Dorsten districts of Deuten, Holsterhausen, Hervest and Wulfen, which is now used by the German armed forces.

The site was contaminated with duds and remains of ammunition due to the effects of war and improper destruction of ammunition (heap blasting) by the Allies. Nevertheless, the British Army of the Rhine maintained an ammunition depot there.

After reunification, the depot was handed over to the Bundeswehr as part of the reduction in British forces in Germany. In the 1990s, the depot underwent a thorough modernization, with almost all of the old ammunition bunkers being removed and new ammunition warehouses being built. There are still four intact Wehrmacht ammunition depots, two of which are still in use. During this restructuring work, the existing soil contamination was largely removed and unexploded ordnance cleared. Groundwater damage continues and is being observed.

In the meantime, the Wulfen site has been expanded to become the largest ammunition depot in Germany and one of the largest ammunition depots in Western Europe. Ammunition with a capacity of up to 62,000 tons can be stored in 381 warehouses. The 210-hectare site is criss-crossed by 15 kilometers of railway tracks and 25 kilometers of roads. The tracks are connected to the Deutsche Bahn rail network via Deuten station.

The facility was operated by the Bundeswehr as the Wulfen ammunition depot until 2001 and was then upgraded to the Wulfen main ammunition depot. As part of the restructuring of the Bundeswehr, the Ammunition Supply Center West was created on January 20, 2016.[1] It is one of the Bundeswehr's four ammunition supply centers (with nine ammunition depots). Among other things, the Köppern ammunition depot reports to him.
After the reorganization of Dorsten into districts in 2013, the depot is located entirely in the Deuten district

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Ammunition Supply Center West Wulfen

1. Wienbach in Wulfen – Gateway to Emmelkämper Mark loop from Hervest-Dorsten

2. Gateway to Emmelkämper Mark – Wienbach in Wulfen loop from Lembeck

3. Brewery at Wulfen Station – View of Deuten loop from Wulfen (Westf)

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